Breaksea lightfloat 51-20N 003-19W temporarily replaced by safewater buoy, lfl 10 sec, fog signal and RACON…
Bristol Channel · HYDROLANT 1015/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-06-23 16:43Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · WZ 746/01 292256Z MAR 01. Issued 2001-03-30 00:07Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Bristol Channel. The parsed report position is 51.333, -3.317. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1015/01, lightfloat restoredlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bristol Channel →
- issued
- 2001-03-30 00:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 746/01 292256Z MAR 01
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Bristol Channel
- position
- 51.333, -3.317
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 36161 (10TH ED). BREAKSEA LIGHTFLOAT 51-20N 003-19W TEMPORARILY REPLACED BY SAFEWATER BUOY, LFL 10 SEC, FOG SIGNAL AND RACON (T).
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
1897 within 180 nm since 1997 · 4 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Bull point light in 51-12.00N 004-12.10W unreliable2026-09-24
- Newhaven breakwater, head light 50-46.50N 000-03.50E unlit2026-09-06
- Fog signal at dungeness light 50-54.80N 000-58.60E inoperative2026-08-27
- Fowey light 50-19.60N 004-38.90W unreliable2026-07-27
- Balbriggan island light 53-36.80N 006-10.80W unreliable2024-09-25
- Mf r/t and dsc services at scillies site 49-55.70N 006-18.20W off air2024-09-05
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:40Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.